After a report suggests the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Janet Mills says she will fight to protect reproductive rights while former Gov. Paul LePage emphasizes his support of abortion restrictions.
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Robert C. Krueger, ex-Texas congressman and diplomat, dies at 86
The Democrat served as ambassador to Mexico, Burundi and Botswana at various points in his career.
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Evidence mounts of Republican involvement in Trump election schemes
Text messages and testimony released by the House Jan. 6 panel shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power.
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Taxpayer relief, tribal relations, child protection and free tuition: What mattered in the 2022 session
Lawmakers found themselves in an unusual position this year – having to decide what to do with a projected surplus of $1.2 billion.
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Biden roasts Trump and himself at correspondents’ dinner
President Biden took the annual White House press corps’ gala as an opportunity to make light of the criticism he has faced in his 18 months in office.
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In convention speech, LePage seeks to tie Mills to pandemic, Biden
The former governor, running for a third, non-consecutive term, spoke for 35 minutes at the Republican Convention on Saturday.
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Maine Republicans adopt platform to ban sexually based material, transgender identity in schools
The Maine Republican Party kicked off its two-day convention in Augusta by also rejecting an effort to remove the party’s one woman-one man definition of marriage.
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Biden taking ‘hard look’ at student loan forgiveness
The president says he’s considering forgiving some federal student debt, a step that would help him fulfill a campaign promise and provide relief to borrowers.
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Drop in U.S. GDP challenges Biden’s pitch to voters about the economy
The drop clearly put the president on the defensive after he has said repeatedly that the booming job market means the U.S. can withstand inflation at a 40-year high.
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Russia releases U.S. Marine veteran as part of prisoner exchange
The U.S. returned Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot who’d been serving a 20-year federal prison sentence in Connecticut for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.